Chapter 172 Entrance No. 1 (2/2)

The next ”day”, I started collecting the stones. Not every stone was appropriate as an arrowhead but because there were so many of them around, I quickly gathered a pile of stones. 'Time to grind some stones, I guess' I thought and started carving.

This went on for another two ”days”, when I finally had enough arrowheads to create 180 arrows. Carving those stones, was not easy at all. I had to carve them to specific size that was one thing. The other thing was a ridge or a hole that would slip onto the arrow shaft. That was why, it took me so many hours just to create 180 arrows.

When all the arrowheads and shafts were attached, using some small strands of a rope that I sacrificed. I was ready to tackle the Entrance No. 1 again. I traveled back and arrived at the entrance to the Den.

There were again, around 30 or so Corpse Dogs running around it. I took out my bow and positioned myself. 'It's time to test my new arrows, I expect that their performance will be much worse compared to the arrows I already had but as long as I can kill Corpse Dogs, I don't care about anything else' I thought and aimed at the group.

”Swoosh!” ”Swoosh!” ”Swoosh!”

I shot 3 arrows, one after the other and fortunately, they managed to hit their targets. Although the arrowheads were made from stones, their speed covered for the substandard materials used to make them. The arrows pierced right through the Corpse Dogs, I targeted and all 3 died. 'Good, the arrows work. Now to grind them down' I thought and started to release arrows one after the other.

The Corpse Dogs were dying left and right when finally, reinforcements arrived. This time, the reinforcements numbered over 100, so the number altogether was around 150 of Corpse Dogs. I shot arrows like crazy at the pack or rather a herd of Corpse Dogs, that was getting closer. I stood up and ran. I didn't have the skills to run and shoot arrows at the same time but there was nothing stopping me from trying that out.

My aim was kind of all over the place but my accuracy was about 80%. It was all thanks to the size of the group that was chasing me. It was hard to miss it. I used up over 50 arrows and killed about the same amount of Corpse Dogs from that group.

With so many deaths, they chased me for quite some time. I decided to lose them first and then reorganise. I wanted to grind them down, not kill them all in one go. I lost them and hid my presence. I learned that these Corpse Dogs, although stupid, had very good sense of smell, probably even better than mine. There was an easy solution to this. Just smear some dirt onto myself. This would mask my smell quite well and adding in the distance, the Corpse Dogs would not be able to find me.

I managed to lose them but I didn't let go of that group so easily. I knew they would return to the Den but I wouldn't let that happen. I ate some food to restore my energy and went after them. The herd of Corpse Dogs running back to their Den, was the exact thing, I was searching for. I took out the bow and started shooting again. The Corpse Dogs turned towards me again and ran. I killed around 40 of them this time and only about 50 were left, from that whole herd.

I repeated the process one again and then, finished off whatever was left, by utilising the close combat. 'Around 150 Corpse Dogs died. There are potentially 6 times as many of them left. There could be more though. I need to collect back my arrows, I can't just make new ones every time' I thought and went around collecting arrows. Some arrows broke apart, while others managed to stay intact and would be still usable. I managed to retrieve around 80 arrows but that was not enough for another raid. I had to make more, so my grinding resumed.